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[bpt/guile.git] / libguile / symbols.c

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/* Software engineering face-lift by Greg J. Badros, 11-Dec-1999,
   gjb@cs.washington.edu, http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gjb */

\f

#include "libguile/_scm.h"
#include "libguile/chars.h"
#include "libguile/eval.h"
#include "libguile/hash.h"
#include "libguile/smob.h"
#include "libguile/variable.h"
#include "libguile/alist.h"
#include "libguile/fluids.h"
#include "libguile/strings.h"
#include "libguile/vectors.h"
#include "libguile/hashtab.h"
#include "libguile/weaks.h"
#include "libguile/modules.h"

#include "libguile/validate.h"
#include "libguile/symbols.h"

#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
#include <string.h>
#endif

\f

static SCM symbols;

#ifdef GUILE_DEBUG
SCM_DEFINE (scm_sys_symbols, "%symbols", 0, 0, 0,
            (),
            "Return the system symbol obarray.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_sys_symbols
{
  return symbols;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME
#endif

\f

static char *
duplicate_string (const char * src, unsigned long length)
{
  char * dst = scm_must_malloc (length + 1, "duplicate_string");
  memcpy (dst, src, length);
  dst[length] = 0;
  return dst;
}

\f

/* {Symbols}
 */


SCM
scm_mem2symbol (const char *name, scm_sizet len)
{
  scm_sizet raw_hash = scm_string_hash ((const unsigned char *) name, len);
  scm_sizet hash = raw_hash % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (symbols);

  {
    /* Try to find the symbol in the symbols table */

    SCM l;

    for (l = SCM_VELTS (symbols) [hash]; !SCM_NULLP (l); l = SCM_CDR (l))
      {
        SCM sym = SCM_CAAR (l);
        if (SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (sym) == raw_hash && SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH (sym) == len)
          {
            char *chrs = SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS (sym);
            scm_sizet i = len;

            while (i != 0)
              {
                --i;
                if (name[i] != chrs[i])
                  goto next_symbol;
              }

            return sym;
          }
      next_symbol:
        ;
      }
  }

  {
    /* The symbol was not found - create it. */

    SCM symbol;
    SCM cell;
    SCM slot;

    SCM_NEWCELL2 (symbol);
    SCM_SET_SYMBOL_CHARS (symbol, duplicate_string (name, len));
    SCM_SET_SYMBOL_HASH (symbol, raw_hash);
    SCM_SET_PROP_SLOTS (symbol, scm_cons (SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL));
    SCM_SET_SYMBOL_LENGTH (symbol, (long) len);

    cell = scm_cons (symbol, SCM_UNDEFINED);
    slot = SCM_VELTS (symbols) [hash];
    SCM_VELTS (symbols) [hash] = scm_cons (cell, slot);

    return symbol;
  }
}


SCM
scm_str2symbol (const char *str)
{
  return scm_mem2symbol (str, strlen (str));
}


/* scm_sym2vcell
 * looks up the symbol in the symhash table. 
 */

SCM 
scm_sym2vcell (SCM sym, SCM thunk, SCM definep)
#define FUNC_NAME "scm_sym2vcell"
{
  if (SCM_NIMP (thunk))
    {
      SCM var;

      if (SCM_EVAL_CLOSURE_P (thunk))
        /* Bypass evaluator in the standard case. */
        var = scm_eval_closure_lookup (thunk, sym, definep);
      else
        var = scm_apply (thunk, sym, scm_cons (definep, scm_listofnull));

      if (SCM_FALSEP (var))
        return SCM_BOOL_F;
      else if (SCM_VARIABLEP (var))
        return SCM_VARVCELL (var);
      else
        SCM_MISC_ERROR ("strangely interned symbol: ~S", SCM_LIST1 (sym));
    }
  else
    {
      SCM lsym;
      scm_sizet hash;

      SCM_DEFER_INTS;
      hash = SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (sym) % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (scm_symhash);
      for (lsym = SCM_VELTS (scm_symhash)[hash]; SCM_NIMP (lsym); lsym = SCM_CDR (lsym))
        {
          SCM z = SCM_CAR (lsym);
          if (SCM_EQ_P (SCM_CAR (z), sym))
            {
              SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
              return z;
            }
        }

      if (!SCM_FALSEP (definep))
        {
          SCM cell = scm_cons (sym, SCM_UNDEFINED);
          SCM slot = SCM_VELTS (scm_symhash) [hash];

          SCM_VELTS (scm_symhash) [hash] = scm_cons (cell, slot);

          SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
          return cell;
        }
      else
        {
          SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
          return SCM_BOOL_F;
        }
    }
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


/* scm_sym2ovcell
 * looks up the symbol in an arbitrary obarray.
 */

SCM 
scm_sym2ovcell_soft (SCM sym, SCM obarray)
{
  SCM lsym, z;
  scm_sizet hash = SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (sym) % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (obarray);
  SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
  for (lsym = SCM_VELTS (obarray)[hash];
       SCM_NIMP (lsym);
       lsym = SCM_CDR (lsym))
    {
      z = SCM_CAR (lsym);
      if (SCM_EQ_P (SCM_CAR (z), sym))
        {
          SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
          return z;
        }
    }
  SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
  return SCM_BOOL_F;
}


SCM 
scm_sym2ovcell (SCM sym, SCM obarray)
#define FUNC_NAME "scm_sym2ovcell"
{
  SCM answer;
  answer = scm_sym2ovcell_soft (sym, obarray);
  if (!SCM_FALSEP (answer))
    return answer;
  SCM_MISC_ERROR ("uninterned symbol: ~S", SCM_LIST1 (sym));
  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;               /* not reached */
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


/* Intern a symbol whose name is the LEN characters at NAME in OBARRAY.

   OBARRAY should be a vector of lists, indexed by the name's hash
   value, modulo OBARRAY's length.  Each list has the form 
   ((SYMBOL . VALUE) ...), where SYMBOL is a symbol, and VALUE is the
   value associated with that symbol (in the current module?  in the
   system module?)

   To "intern" a symbol means: if OBARRAY already contains a symbol by
   that name, return its (SYMBOL . VALUE) pair; otherwise, create a
   new symbol, add the pair (SYMBOL . SCM_UNDEFINED) to the
   appropriate list of the OBARRAY, and return the pair.

   If softness is non-zero, don't create a symbol if it isn't already
   in OBARRAY; instead, just return #f.

   If OBARRAY is SCM_BOOL_F, create a symbol listed in no obarray and
   return (SYMBOL . SCM_UNDEFINED).  */


SCM 
scm_intern_obarray_soft (const char *name,scm_sizet len,SCM obarray,unsigned int softness)
{
  SCM symbol = scm_mem2symbol (name, len);
  scm_sizet raw_hash = SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (symbol);
  scm_sizet hash;
  SCM lsym;

  if (SCM_FALSEP (obarray))
    {
      if (softness)
        return SCM_BOOL_F;
      else
        return scm_cons (symbol, SCM_UNDEFINED);
    }

  hash = raw_hash % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (obarray);

  for (lsym = SCM_VELTS (obarray)[hash]; SCM_NIMP (lsym); lsym = SCM_CDR (lsym))
    {
      SCM a = SCM_CAR (lsym);
      SCM z = SCM_CAR (a);
      if (SCM_EQ_P (z, symbol))
        return a;
    }
  
  if (softness)
    {
      return SCM_BOOL_F;
    }
  else
    {
      SCM cell = scm_cons (symbol, SCM_UNDEFINED);
      SCM slot = SCM_VELTS (obarray) [hash];

      SCM_VELTS (obarray) [hash] = scm_cons (cell, slot);

      return cell;
    }
}


SCM
scm_intern_obarray (const char *name,scm_sizet len,SCM obarray)
{
  return scm_intern_obarray_soft (name, len, obarray, 0);
}


SCM 
scm_intern (const char *name,scm_sizet len)
{
  return scm_intern_obarray (name, len, scm_symhash);
}


SCM
scm_intern0 (const char * name)
{
  return scm_intern (name, strlen (name));
}


/* Intern the symbol named NAME in scm_symhash, NAME is null-terminated.  */
SCM 
scm_sysintern0_no_module_lookup (const char *name)
{
  scm_sizet len = strlen (name);
  SCM easy_answer;
  SCM_DEFER_INTS;
  easy_answer = scm_intern_obarray_soft (name, len, scm_symhash, 1);
  if (SCM_NIMP (easy_answer))
    {
      SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
      return easy_answer;
    }
  else
    {
      SCM symbol = scm_mem2symbol (name, len);
      scm_sizet raw_hash = SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (symbol);
      scm_sizet hash = raw_hash % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (scm_symhash);
      SCM cell = scm_cons (symbol, SCM_UNDEFINED);
      SCM slot = SCM_VELTS (scm_symhash) [hash];

      SCM_VELTS (scm_symhash) [hash] = scm_cons (cell, slot);
      SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
      return cell;
    }
}

/* Intern the symbol named NAME in scm_symhash, and give it the value
   VAL.  NAME is null-terminated.  Use the current top_level lookup
   closure to give NAME its value.
 */
SCM
scm_sysintern (const char *name, SCM val)
{
  SCM vcell = scm_sysintern0 (name);
  SCM_SETCDR (vcell, val);
  return vcell;
}

SCM
scm_sysintern0 (const char *name)
{
  SCM lookup_proc;
  if (scm_module_system_booted_p
      && SCM_NIMP (lookup_proc = SCM_TOP_LEVEL_LOOKUP_CLOSURE))
    {
      SCM sym = scm_str2symbol (name);
      SCM vcell = scm_sym2vcell (sym, lookup_proc, SCM_BOOL_T);
      if (SCM_FALSEP (vcell))
          scm_misc_error ("sysintern0", "can't define variable", sym);
      return vcell;
    }
  else
    return scm_sysintern0_no_module_lookup (name);
}

/* Lookup the value of the symbol named by the nul-terminated string
   NAME in the current module.  */
SCM
scm_symbol_value0 (const char *name)
{
  /* This looks silly - we look up the symbol twice.  But it is in
     fact necessary given the current module system because the module
     lookup closures are written in scheme which needs real symbols. */
  SCM symbol = scm_str2symbol (name);
  SCM vcell = scm_sym2vcell (symbol, SCM_TOP_LEVEL_LOOKUP_CLOSURE, SCM_BOOL_F);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (vcell))
    return SCM_UNDEFINED;
  return SCM_CDR (vcell);
}


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_p, "symbol?", 1, 0, 0, 
            (SCM obj),
            "Return @code{#t} if @var{obj} is a symbol, otherwise return\n"
            "@code{#f}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_p
{
  return SCM_BOOL (SCM_SYMBOLP (obj));
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_to_string, "symbol->string", 1, 0, 0, 
           (SCM s),
            "Return the name of @var{symbol} as a string.  If the symbol was\n"
            "part of an object returned as the value of a literal expression\n"
            "(section @pxref{Literal expressions,,,r4rs, The Revised^4\n"
            "Report on Scheme}) or by a call to the @code{read} procedure,\n"
            "and its name contains alphabetic characters, then the string\n"
            "returned will contain characters in the implementation's\n"
            "preferred standard case---some implementations will prefer\n"
            "upper case, others lower case.  If the symbol was returned by\n"
            "@code{string->symbol}, the case of characters in the string\n"
            "returned will be the same as the case in the string that was\n"
            "passed to @code{string->symbol}.  It is an error to apply\n"
            "mutation procedures like @code{string-set!} to strings returned\n"
            "by this procedure.\n"
            "\n"
            "The following examples assume that the implementation's\n"
            "standard case is lower case:\n"
            "\n"
            "@lisp\n"
            "(symbol->string 'flying-fish)    @result{} \"flying-fish\"\n"
            "(symbol->string 'Martin)         @result{}  \"martin\"\n"
            "(symbol->string\n"
            "   (string->symbol \"Malvina\")) @result{} \"Malvina\"\n"
            "@end lisp")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_to_string
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, s);
  return scm_makfromstr (SCM_SYMBOL_CHARS (s), SCM_SYMBOL_LENGTH (s), 0);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_string_to_symbol, "string->symbol", 1, 0, 0, 
            (SCM string),
            "Return the symbol whose name is @var{string}. This procedure\n"
            "can create symbols with names containing special characters or\n"
            "letters in the non-standard case, but it is usually a bad idea\n"
            "to create such symbols because in some implementations of\n"
            "Scheme they cannot be read as themselves.  See\n"
            "@code{symbol->string}.\n"
            "\n"
            "The following examples assume that the implementation's\n"
            "standard case is lower case:\n"
            "\n"
            "@lisp\n"
            "(eq? 'mISSISSIppi 'mississippi) @result{} #t\n"
            "(string->symbol \"mISSISSIppi\") @result{} @r{the symbol with name \"mISSISSIppi\"}\n"
            "(eq? 'bitBlt (string->symbol \"bitBlt\")) @result{} #f\n"
            "(eq? 'JollyWog\n"
            "  (string->symbol (symbol->string 'JollyWog))) @result{} #t\n"
            "(string=? \"K. Harper, M.D.\"\n"
            "  (symbol->string\n"
            "    (string->symbol \"K. Harper, M.D.\"))) @result{}#t\n"
            "@end lisp")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_string_to_symbol
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, string);
  return scm_mem2symbol (SCM_STRING_CHARS (string),
                         SCM_STRING_LENGTH (string));
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_string_to_obarray_symbol, "string->obarray-symbol", 2, 1, 0,
           (SCM o, SCM s, SCM softp),
            "Intern a new symbol in @var{obarray}, a symbol table, with name\n"
            "@var{string}.\n\n"
            "If @var{obarray} is @code{#f}, use the default system symbol table.  If\n"
            "@var{obarray} is @code{#t}, the symbol should not be interned in any\n"
            "symbol table; merely return the pair (@var{symbol}\n"
            ". @var{#<undefined>}).\n\n"
            "The @var{soft?} argument determines whether new symbol table entries\n"
            "should be created when the specified symbol is not already present in\n"
            "@var{obarray}.  If @var{soft?} is specified and is a true value, then\n"
            "new entries should not be added for symbols not already present in the\n"
            "table; instead, simply return @code{#f}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_string_to_obarray_symbol
{
  SCM vcell;
  SCM answer;
  int softness;

  SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (2, s);
  SCM_ASSERT (SCM_BOOLP (o) || SCM_VECTORP (o), o, SCM_ARG1, FUNC_NAME);

  softness = (!SCM_UNBNDP (softp) && !SCM_FALSEP(softp));
  /* iron out some screwy calling conventions */
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  else if (SCM_EQ_P (o, SCM_BOOL_T))
    o = SCM_BOOL_F;
    
  vcell = scm_intern_obarray_soft (SCM_STRING_CHARS(s),
                                   SCM_STRING_LENGTH (s),
                                   o,
                                   softness);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (vcell))
    return vcell;
  answer = SCM_CAR (vcell);
  return answer;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM_DEFINE (scm_intern_symbol, "intern-symbol", 2, 0, 0,
           (SCM o, SCM s),
            "Add a new symbol to @var{obarray} with name @var{string}, bound to an\n"
            "unspecified initial value.  The symbol table is not modified if a symbol\n"
            "with this name is already present.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_intern_symbol
{
  scm_sizet hval;
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (2,s);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1,o);
  hval = SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (s) % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (o);
  /* If the symbol is already interned, simply return. */
  SCM_REDEFER_INTS;
  {
    SCM lsym;
    SCM sym;
    for (lsym = SCM_VELTS (o)[hval];
         SCM_NIMP (lsym);
         lsym = SCM_CDR (lsym))
      {
        sym = SCM_CAR (lsym);
        if (SCM_EQ_P (SCM_CAR (sym), s))
          {
            SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
            return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
          }
      }
    SCM_VELTS (o)[hval] =
      scm_acons (s, SCM_UNDEFINED, SCM_VELTS (o)[hval]);
  }
  SCM_REALLOW_INTS;
  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM_DEFINE (scm_unintern_symbol, "unintern-symbol", 2, 0, 0,
           (SCM o, SCM s),
            "Remove the symbol with name @var{string} from @var{obarray}.  This\n"
            "function returns @code{#t} if the symbol was present and @code{#f}\n"
            "otherwise.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_unintern_symbol
{
  scm_sizet hval;
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (2,s);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1,o);
  hval = SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (s) % SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (o);
  SCM_DEFER_INTS;
  {
    SCM lsym_follow;
    SCM lsym;
    SCM sym;
    for (lsym = SCM_VELTS (o)[hval], lsym_follow = SCM_BOOL_F;
         SCM_NIMP (lsym);
         lsym_follow = lsym, lsym = SCM_CDR (lsym))
      {
        sym = SCM_CAR (lsym);
        if (SCM_EQ_P (SCM_CAR (sym), s))
          {
            /* Found the symbol to unintern. */
            if (SCM_FALSEP (lsym_follow))
              SCM_VELTS(o)[hval] = lsym;
            else
              SCM_SETCDR (lsym_follow, SCM_CDR(lsym));
            SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
            return SCM_BOOL_T;
          }
      }
  }
  SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
  return SCM_BOOL_F;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_binding, "symbol-binding", 2, 0, 0,
           (SCM o, SCM s),
            "Look up in @var{obarray} the symbol whose name is @var{string}, and\n"
            "return the value to which it is bound.  If @var{obarray} is @code{#f},\n"
            "use the global symbol table.  If @var{string} is not interned in\n"
            "@var{obarray}, an error is signalled.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_binding
{
  SCM vcell;
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (2,s);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1,o);
  vcell = scm_sym2ovcell (s, o);
  return SCM_CDR(vcell);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_interned_p, "symbol-interned?", 2, 0, 0,
            (SCM o, SCM s),
            "Return @code{#t} if @var{obarray} contains a symbol with name\n"
            "@var{string}, and @code{#f} otherwise.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_interned_p
{
  SCM vcell;
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (2,s);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1,o);
  vcell = scm_sym2ovcell_soft (s, o);
  return (SCM_NIMP(vcell)
          ? SCM_BOOL_T
          : SCM_BOOL_F);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_bound_p, "symbol-bound?", 2, 0, 0,
            (SCM o, SCM s),
            "Return @code{#t} if @var{obarray} contains a symbol with name\n"
            "@var{string} bound to a defined value.  This differs from\n"
            "@var{symbol-interned?} in that the mere mention of a symbol\n"
            "usually causes it to be interned; @code{symbol-bound?}\n"
            "determines whether a symbol has been given any meaningful\n"
            "value.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_bound_p
{
  SCM vcell;
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (2,s);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1,o);
  vcell = scm_sym2ovcell_soft (s, o);
  return SCM_BOOL (SCM_NIMP (vcell) && !SCM_UNBNDP (SCM_CDR (vcell)));
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_set_x, "symbol-set!", 3, 0, 0,
           (SCM o, SCM s, SCM v),
            "Find the symbol in @var{obarray} whose name is @var{string}, and rebind\n"
            "it to @var{value}.  An error is signalled if @var{string} is not present\n"
            "in @var{obarray}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_set_x
{
  SCM vcell;
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (2,s);
  if (SCM_FALSEP (o))
    o = scm_symhash;
  SCM_VALIDATE_VECTOR (1,o);
  vcell = scm_sym2ovcell (s, o);
  SCM_SETCDR (vcell, v);
  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_fref, "symbol-fref", 1, 0, 0, 
           (SCM s),
            "Return the contents of @var{symbol}'s @dfn{function slot}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_fref
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1,s);
  return SCM_SYMBOL_FUNC (s);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_pref, "symbol-pref", 1, 0, 0, 
           (SCM s),
            "Return the @dfn{property list} currently associated with @var{symbol}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_pref
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1,s);
  return SCM_SYMBOL_PROPS (s);
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_fset_x, "symbol-fset!", 2, 0, 0, 
           (SCM s, SCM val),
            "Change the binding of @var{symbol}'s function slot.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_fset_x
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1,s);
  SCM_SET_SYMBOL_FUNC (s, val);
  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_pset_x, "symbol-pset!", 2, 0, 0,
           (SCM s, SCM val),
            "Change the binding of @var{symbol}'s property slot.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_pset_x
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1,s);
  SCM_DEFER_INTS;
  SCM_SET_SYMBOL_PROPS (s, val);
  SCM_ALLOW_INTS;
  return SCM_UNSPECIFIED;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


SCM_DEFINE (scm_symbol_hash, "symbol-hash", 1, 0, 0, 
            (SCM symbol),
            "Return a hash value for @var{symbol}.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_symbol_hash
{
  SCM_VALIDATE_SYMBOL (1, symbol);
  return SCM_MAKINUM (SCM_SYMBOL_HASH (symbol));
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


static void
copy_and_prune_obarray (SCM from, SCM to)
{
  int i;
  int length = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (from);
  for (i = 0; i < length; ++i)
    {
      SCM head = SCM_VELTS (from)[i]; /* GC protection */
      SCM ls = head;
      SCM res = SCM_EOL;
      SCM *lloc = &res;
      while (SCM_NIMP (ls))
        {
          if (!SCM_UNBNDP (SCM_CDAR (ls)))
            {
              *lloc = scm_cons (SCM_CAR (ls), SCM_EOL);
              lloc = SCM_CDRLOC (*lloc);
            }
          ls = SCM_CDR (ls);
        }
      SCM_VELTS (to)[i] = res;
    }
}


SCM_DEFINE (scm_builtin_bindings, "builtin-bindings", 0, 0, 0, 
            (),
            "Create and return a copy of the global symbol table, removing all\n"
            "unbound symbols.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_builtin_bindings
{
  int length = SCM_VECTOR_LENGTH (scm_symhash);
  SCM obarray = scm_c_make_hash_table (length);
  copy_and_prune_obarray (scm_symhash, obarray);
  return obarray;
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


#define MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH 30

static int gensym_counter;

SCM_DEFINE (scm_gensym, "gensym", 0, 1, 0,
            (SCM prefix),
            "Create a new symbol with a name constructed from a prefix and\n"
            "a counter value. The string @var{prefix} can be specified as\n"
            "an optional argument. Default prefix is @code{g}.  The counter\n"
            "is increased by 1 at each call. There is no provision for\n"
            "resetting the counter.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gensym
{
  char buf[MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH + SCM_INTBUFLEN];
  char *name = buf;
  int len;
  if (SCM_UNBNDP (prefix))
    {
      name[0] = 'g';
      len = 1;
    }
  else
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, prefix);
      len = SCM_STRING_LENGTH (prefix);
      if (len > MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH)
        name = SCM_MUST_MALLOC (MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH + SCM_INTBUFLEN);
      strncpy (name, SCM_STRING_CHARS (prefix), len);
    }
  {
    int n_digits = scm_iint2str (gensym_counter++, 10, &name[len]);
    SCM res = scm_mem2symbol (name, len + n_digits);
    if (name != buf)
      scm_must_free (name);
    return res;
  }
}
#undef FUNC_NAME

static int gentemp_counter;

SCM_DEFINE (scm_gentemp, "gentemp", 0, 2, 0,
            (SCM prefix, SCM obarray),
            "Create a new symbol with a name unique in an obarray.\n"
            "The name is constructed from an optional string @var{prefix}\n"
            "and a counter value.  The default prefix is @code{t}.  The\n"
            "@var{obarray} is specified as a second optional argument.\n"
            "Default is the system obarray where all normal symbols are\n"
            "interned.  The counter is increased by 1 at each\n"
            "call.  There is no provision for resetting the counter.")
#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_gentemp
{
  char buf[MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH + SCM_INTBUFLEN];
  char *name = buf;
  int len, n_digits;
  if (SCM_UNBNDP (prefix))
    {
      name[0] = 't';
      len = 1;
    }
  else
    {
      SCM_VALIDATE_STRING (1, prefix);
      len = SCM_STRING_LENGTH (prefix);
      if (len > MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH)
        name = SCM_MUST_MALLOC (MAX_PREFIX_LENGTH + SCM_INTBUFLEN);
      strncpy (name, SCM_STRING_CHARS (prefix), len);
    }

  if (SCM_UNBNDP (obarray))
    obarray = scm_symhash;
  else
    SCM_ASSERT ((SCM_VECTORP (obarray) || SCM_WVECTP (obarray)),
                obarray,
                SCM_ARG2,
                FUNC_NAME);
  do
    n_digits = scm_iint2str (gentemp_counter++, 10, &name[len]);
  while (!SCM_FALSEP (scm_intern_obarray_soft (name,
                                               len + n_digits,
                                               obarray,
                                               1)));
  {
    SCM vcell = scm_intern_obarray_soft (name,
                                         len + n_digits,
                                         obarray,
                                         0);
    if (name != buf)
      scm_must_free (name);
    return SCM_CAR (vcell);
  }
}
#undef FUNC_NAME


void
scm_symbols_prehistory ()
{
  symbols = scm_make_weak_key_hash_table (SCM_MAKINUM (1009));
  scm_permanent_object (symbols);
}


void
scm_init_symbols ()
{
  gensym_counter = 0;
  gentemp_counter = 0;
#ifndef SCM_MAGIC_SNARFER
#include "libguile/symbols.x"
#endif
}

/*
  Local Variables:
  c-file-style: "gnu"
  End:
*/